Undergraduate Summer Research in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

973227O在密歇根州立大学的本科夏季研究计划将支持9名学生每个夏天。在为期12周的课程中，每个参与者将在生物化学系的一名教师的监督下进行研究项目。申请人将从全国各地的学院和大学招募，重点是中西部的学校。将特别强调从本科院校和少数民族入学率高的学院和大学招生。 每个学生将选择一个研究导师。所有学生都将参加一个关于化学和生物安全以及血液传播病原体的迎新活动和研讨会。 在该计划期间，学生将参加每周一次的教师研究研讨会系列，并在研究生，本科生和博士后研究员与他们的研究导师每周研究会议。学生将接受培训，在使用计算机准备研究文件，出版质量的数字和幻灯片，并在使用计算机程序的蛋白质和DNA建模和序列分析。将为与会者组织一次演讲，讨论生物化学方面的职业机会，包括有关博士学位的方向。 由研究生项目招生主任提交的项目申请。在计划结束时，学生将准备海报和简短的谈话，他们的研究介绍给教师，研究生和同行在生物化学系。这些专题介绍的摘要将以小册子的形式出版。

973227O The Undergraduate Summer Research program at Michigan State University will support 9 students for each summer. During the 12-week program each participant will work on a research project supervised by one of the faculty in the Department of Biochemistry. Applicants will be recruited from colleges and universities across the country with a concentration on schools in the Midwest. Special emphasis will be placed on recruiting from undergraduate institutions and from colleges and universities with a high minority enrollment. Each student will select a research mentor. All students will participate in an orientation program and a workshop on chemical and biology safety and blood-borne pathogens. During the program the students will participate in a weekly faculty research seminar series, and in weekly research meetings of graduate students, undergraduate students and postdoctoral fellows with their research mentors. Students will be trained in the use of computers for preparation of research documents, publication quality figures and slides, and in the use of computer programs for protein and DNA modeling and sequence analysis. A presentation will be organized for participants to discuss career opportunities in biochemistry including an orientation concerning Ph.D. program applications presented by the Graduate Programs Admission Director. At the conclusion of the program, the students will prepare posters and brief talks on their research for presentation to faculty, graduate students, and peers in the Department of Biochemistry. Abstracts of these presentations will be published in booklet form.